U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss key takeaways from the Trump-Putin Alaska summit on Friday, what to expect from Trump's meeting with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy and European leaders today,

Trump: “President Zelensky can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight."

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet to discuss ending Russia's war. European leaders will also attend to show support for Ukraine.

Lieutenant General Essedoulla Abatchev has held senior posts in Chechnya and Dagestan and was named Hero of Russia by President Vladimir Putin in 2022.

As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders prepare for talks in the White House, Russia has continued to pound targets including a

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of unleashing "cynical" attacks on Ukrainian civilians that he said were designed to undermine his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington later on Monday.

Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral.

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The night before the meeting, however, Trump seemed to put the onus on Zelenskyy to agree to concessions and suggested that Ukraine could not regain Crimea.

The European political heavy-hitters were left out of President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last Friday.

Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.